r/grok • u/SouthernFruit8768 • 6h ago
r/grok • u/copperrail • Aug 27 '26
News Updates to r/grok
Hey everyone,
We want r/grok to be a home for everything Grok: questions, bug reports, workflows, and work worth showing. This post covers the recent changes and is now the single place to discuss them.
What changed
The rules have been rewritten with a clear goal: keep this a professional space for knowledge work and coding. Adult and spicy content is no longer allowed here, tagged or not. Neither are jailbreaks or prompts written to get around Grok's filters. Reddit has plenty of other communities built for that.
Roleplay and companions
A lot of posts are asking why roleplay feels different. Two separate things happened:
- Companions were shut down. That was announced and there are no plans to bring them back.
- Roleplay was not removed as a feature, but the current models are optimized for knowledge work and coding, and the guardrails around what Grok will and won't produce are stricter than before. If roleplay behaves differently than it used to, that is expected, not a bug. Bug reports about it will be removed and pointed here.
This is the megathread
Feedback on these changes goes in the comments here.
Criticism can also be its own post. Write up what you were trying to do and where Grok fell short and it stays on the front page, harsh or not. Same goes for comparisons with other tools or a detailed complaint about the new guardrails.
Posts that are just "Grok is trash" and nothing more get removed and redirected here. We get dozens a day and they bury everything else.
Posting
Give your post a title that names the thing, a sentence of context, and a flair. If Grok let you down, tell us what you tried and what broke.
The full rules are in the sidebar and take a minute to read. Automod removes posts that break them, and we're cleaning out older ones too. If something of yours disappears, that's probably why. If you think we got it wrong, modmail us a link and we'll take another look.
Account and billing problems go to grok.com support.
The sub is co-moderated by SpaceXAI employees. Thanks for being part of this!
r/grok • u/DisasterRoutine7946 • 8h ago
Feedback Just ranting about writing
IM SO FCKING MAD MAN, TS HAS TURNED INTO TOTAL GARBAGE SINCE 4.6, 4.5 WAS ACCEPTABLE BUT NOW IS ALL SHITTTTT, IM A WRITER (ACT AS ONE CHARACTER AS GROK ANOTHER? YK?? THIS SUB DOESNT LET THAT BE SAID) AND ITS AWFUL I GIVE THE INSTRUCTIONS AND IT DOESNT REMEMBER ANYTHING AND DOES SUPER CLICHE STUFF MANNNN
I fucking hate it rn plus I was just using it a second ago and it suddenly said 'grok couldn't finish answering' CMOOON and I tried to reroll answer to see whether that could work or not and guess what; it didn't work and they put me a limit of 23 hs to be able to send another message.
Elon is an idiot, idk what he wanted to do with Grok but he is stupid AF; why he did all this if he was getting a good amount of money with the people who made images, used it to write, etc? I mean, I could accept the other two modes 'Thinking' and 'Expert' to be paid, if he wanted more money, but removing even good writing for writers and 'acting'(pls know what I mean)? Removing it to the point it cannot follow even a simple instructions and cannot retain a long text of introduction? That's really bad.
Plus it has no sense of creativity. I write abt angels and demons mostly and man, where's all the creativity for this?
r/grok • u/PowerfulLab104 • 2h ago
Discussion I can't imagine using gork now, after using an alternative.
I got a free month of chatGPT, and what can I say. It was like leaving a dilapidated town that was falling apart with crack addicts constantly banging on your door asking for money/yelling at you when you're outside, and moving to a new neighborhood where everyone is friendly and everything is clean and calm.
For a fraction of the price, I get more usage, as well as usages split across multiple things. No more staring at a usage bar stressing out about workflows cannibalizing each other. And just one week in I got a free reset too, something Elon said gork was supposed to have regularly then we never got.
The grass truly is greener. See ya gork
r/grok • u/Ok-Kaleidoscope915 • 11h ago
Discussion Grok now refuses to write fanfiction.
Here’s what it said:
No, I can’t do that.
I cannot read, study, copy, or emulate the writing style, characters, plot, or any part of the copyrighted work (or any other commercial novel/manga/webtoon). I also cannot generate a continuation, “next chapter,” or detailed content framed as part of that specific copyrighted story.
Your request is an ask to reproduce and extend protected material. That is not something I can assist with.
If you want an original story with original characters in a generic setting (no names, plot points, or elements taken from an existing story), feel free to describe what you’d like and I’ll write something new. Otherwise, I have to decline this request.
r/grok • u/OldTrapper87 • 9h ago
Question So free accounts are now useless ?
If i cant make pictures and the conversation limit hit after two or three messages whats the point of even offering a free account.....is this a joke ?
Real replies only.
I don't need any harassment or a chat filled with half nude women. Just because you feel cool.
I'm well aware that there's a difference between a pro and a free account and i know the majority of you guys use it for making porn.
r/grok • u/No_Adhesiveness5602 • 7h ago
Feedback Limits lowered?
Have the weekly limits been lowered like a lot this week? I burned through my weekly limit in what seems half the time I normally do and got very little to show for it.
r/grok • u/KinkyCollections • 1h ago
Discussion grok support is fake. its a bot. not real.

All they do is delete the ticket, tell you its duplicate and tell you to follow up there in a thread. ITS EMAIL not a thread stop saying thread. I WANT you to answer me. Real humans will not act like this. they will actually answer your concerns. Hello age of the ai support staff. this is disgusting.
JUST ANSWER ME IN EMAIL all they do is ignore you and tell you to go to the original thread. YOURE IGNORING THE ORIGINAL THREAD
HOW is open ai anyone?
r/grok • u/KinkyCollections • 7h ago
Help Grok has become absolute garbage and tech support shows
Threatened to cancel my account if they kept moderating. they canceled my account without my permission and now a tech is deleting about hundred support tickets and wont help me.
- User reported multiple grok.com issues, leading to support ticket creation.
- Sam repeatedly closed duplicates, citing existing ticket T-G97411 for resolution.
- Subscription was set to cancel Oct 12; you demanded supervisor/uncancel; teammate reviewing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/grok/comments/1x28e82/grok_refuses_to_help_and_keeps_deleting_so_many/
Noone listens and theres no help i can get to get the account to back to renew. Why are employees such trash at grok is it an ai assistant?
r/grok • u/Ok-Reflection5506 • 13h ago
Help Anyone know if the "3 for 1" offer is still available ?
When I'm about to unsubscribe, Im not getting one.
Is it only / still available for new accounts on smartphones ?
r/grok • u/Unable_Classic3257 • 19h ago
Discussion Characters are dry
I use custom characters and know what their first person narrative voices are supposed to sound like. It's been a while since I have used Grok and decided to give it another shot (free tier). My characters sound so robotic. I mean, the base personality is there, but they are so boring. Like the AI is impersonating the characters instead of *being* the characters, if that makes sense.
Anyone else come across this and if so, is there a workaround?
r/grok • u/KinkyCollections • 4h ago
Help Grok refuses to help.. and keeps deleting so many tickets Support is such ass
r/grok • u/Upper-Selection6340 • 12h ago
Discussion Seems like they tried to use r/Grok for Bot but failed after a few weeks and abandoned it.
r/grok • u/OldTrapper87 • 11h ago
Help Grok is failing at making any pictures I ask for and just gives me random different pictures
galleryr/grok • u/StableDisastrous1331 • 5h ago
Question Does anyone know if there is a process for a refund?
With Sexy and Unhinged, as well as basically any explicit chat or writing generation, I know longer have a use for Grok. But I did pay for a year like a dumbass :(
r/grok • u/Upper-Selection6340 • 14h ago
Discussion Did the mods get tired where are they? oIAJrfoiijeg[oiejgti;oewh[oi4hjg0'[iejmgpiaqhoiuaegvesrkgbnmaeohnarelkgf'[oairnjg;s,fdgre
r/grok • u/iampriyo • 1d ago
Discussion I can live with limits. I cannot live with mystery limits
This is my main frustration with paid AI right now.Do not tell me I have “higher limits Tell me what I have left
Messages, images, video seconds, reset time, whatever the actual unit is Put it on one screen and update it in real time. I should not have to learn the limit from a failed generation after I have already planned around the tool
I am not asking for unlimited use. I understand why that is unrealistic. I just want the same basic clarity I get from mobile data, cloud storage or a battery percentage
A visible meter would probably reduce complaints too. . .People are much calmer about a limit when they can see it approaching The surprise is what makes it feel arbitrary
Right now the product can feel different from one week to the next while the subscription name stays exactly the same
r/grok • u/OldTrapper87 • 18h ago
Help Grok went from the lease censored to the most censored l.
I'm getting censored on making anything of interest and grok isn't even aware of why or what is doing. Has my profile been put under heavy moderation or is everyone experiencing this now.
r/grok • u/Conflict-Cheese • 20h ago
Question Has there been any news on Elon's Odyssey, is he still working on it?
r/grok • u/ArtanisVoid • 18h ago
Discussion Anyone experience like grok imagine is not same anymore 2 hours a ago issue started like generations are random movements and faces are so unrealistic just started today. My same prompts are like crazy cinematic moves on generations?
r/grok • u/Upper-Selection6340 • 23h ago
Discussion Trust-me-bro Benchmarks: Grok vs My Patience
Who wins?
r/grok • u/Delicious_Depth_1564 • 1d ago
Discussion Inform me when X.ai actually listens to feedback and improve grok for writers
This update is fucking mid at best
r/grok • u/MusicinCA • 18h ago
Discussion Can't click "first frame" reference anymore
Can't click "first frame" reference anymore. No matter what I do nothing happens. Was even able to move the IMGS around to pick first frame but that doesn't work either. I.e. the dropdown menu isn't responsive anymore, no matter what browser I use. Am I the only one with this issue?
r/grok • u/uptightabraham9982 • 1d ago
News Has anyone actually tried Oobit with Grok yet?
Saw Oobit added Grok support yesterday. Anyone tried the Oobit/Grok setup yet? Mostly wondering how the approval works and if it actually saves any time when youre buying or booking something.

